Bath sponge

ABSTRACT

A bath sponge includes a base sponge member having an axis, and a supplementary sponge member coaxially symmetrically surrounded around the center area of the base sponge member. The supplementary sponge member shows with the base sponge member a rounded sponge shape.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a personal body cleaning product andmore particularly, to a bath sponge, which has different materials orcolors.

2. Description of the Related Art

A conventional bath sponge, for example, a diamond-mesh polyethylenenetting sponge according to U.S. Pat. No. 5,144,744, is obtained from anumber of netting tubes stretched over supports, joined and boundtogether at the center and the released from the supports. However, thenetting tubes of the netting sponge of the aforesaid prior art designare made from one single material, i.e., polyethylene, so that thenetting sponge provides only one roughness. It is neither practical norcomfortable to use a bath sponge having only one single roughness forcleaning different parts of the body. Therefore, a person may have toprepare several bath sponges having different roughness for cleaningdifferent parts of the body.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances inview. It is the main object of the present invention to provide a bathsponge, which combines different cleaning materials for differentapplications conveniently.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a bath sponge,which is prepared from cleaning materials of different colors, therebycausing a sense of beauty.

To achieve these objects of the present invention, the bath spongecomprises a base sponge member, which has an axis, and at least onesupplementary sponge member coaxially fastened to the base sponge memberand showing with the base sponge member a rounded sponge shape. The atleast one supplementary sponge member includes multiple supplementarysponge members that surround one another concentrically.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of a bath sponge according to a first preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the bath sponge according to the firstpreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a bath sponge according to a second preferredembodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIG. 1, a bath sponge 10 in accordance with a firstpreferred embodiment of the present invention is shown comprised of abase sponge member 11, a first supplementary sponge member 13, and asecond supplementary sponge member 15.

The base sponge member 11 is obtained from a smooth elastic nettingtube, having an axis 19. The smooth elastic netting tube is stretched ina direction transverse to the axis of the base sponge member 11 and thentied up with a binding strip (not shown) and then released from thestretched condition, whereby the base sponge member 11 through itsresiliency rebounds into a rounded sponge shape around the bindingstrip.

The first supplementary sponge member 13 is obtained from a wrinkledelastic netting tube, having meshes bigger than the smooth elasticnetting tube of the base sponge member 11. The first supplementarysponge member 13 is fastened to the center area of the base spongemember 11 in a coaxial manner relative to the axis of the base spongemember 11, having the outer periphery thereof annually symmetricallysurround the outer periphery of the base sponge member 11 to form a ringsurrounding the base sponge member 11.

The second supplementary sponge member 15 is obtained from an elasticnetting tube, having meshes bigger than the first supplementary spongemember 13. The second supplementary sponge member 15 is fastened to thecenter area of the first supplementary sponge member 13 in a coaxialmanner relative to the axis of the base sponge member 11, having theouter periphery thereof annually symmetrically surround the outerperiphery of the first supplementary sponge member 13 to form anotherring surrounding the first supplementary sponge member 13.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bath sponge 10 shows a multilayer structure. Asshown in FIG. 2, the base sponge member 11, the first supplementarysponge member 13 and the second supplementary sponge member 15 surroundone another in a concentric manner when fastened together.

When in use, the user can selectively use the base sponge member 11, thefirst supplementary sponge member 13, or the second supplementary spongemember 15 to clean the body. For example, when cleaning a sensitive skinarea such as the face, use the base sponge member 11 to remove the dirtfrom the face; when cleaning a less sensitive skin area such as thehands or the legs, use the first supplementary sponge member 13 or thesecond supplementary sponge member 15 to remove the dirt. Because thebase sponge member 11, the first supplementary sponge member 13, and thesecond supplementary sponge member 15 are fastened together, the usercan use the bath sponge 10 to clean different parts of the body withmaterials of different roughness conveniently, achieving a satisfactorycleaning effect.

Further, the base sponge member 11, the first supplementary spongemember 13, and the second supplementary sponge member 15 can be preparedfrom different woven netting tubes in different colors to provide acolor combination that causes a sense of beauty.

FIG. 3 shows a bath sponge according to a second preferred embodiment ofthe present invention. According to this embodiment, the bath sponge 20comprises a base sponge member 21 and a supplementary sponge member 22fastened to the center area of the base sponge member 21 in a coaxialmanner.

Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described indetail for purposes of illustration, various modifications andenhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except asby the appended claims.

1. A bath sponge comprising a base sponge member, said base spongemember having an axis, and at least one supplementary sponge membercoaxially fastened to said base sponge member and showing with said basesponge member a rounded sponge shape; wherein said at least onesupplementary sponge member includes multiple supplementary spongemembers that surround one another concentrically.
 2. The bath sponge asclaimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one supplementary spongemember includes at least one supplementary sponge member prepared from amaterial different from said base sponge member.
 3. The bath sponge asclaimed in claim 1, wherein aid at least one supplementary sponge memberincludes at least one supplementary sponge member is comprised of awrinkled netting tube.
 4. The bath sponge as claimed in claim 1, whereinsaid base sponge member is comprised of a smooth netting tube.
 5. Thebath sponge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base sponge member andsaid supplementary sponge members have different colors.
 6. The bathsponge as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base sponge member and saidsupplementary sponge members are respectively comprised of a wovennetting.